sold to occasional guests at two for a cent. For steady 

 customers they were free; they did increase thirst. 



In retrospect it seems rather remarkable that the cigar 

 industry in Connecticut didn't choke to death on its own 

 product during its infancy. Survivors of the period, even 

 though their taste was unsophisticated, provided direct 



River Traffic at Hartford in 1840 



From the I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection, New York Public Library 



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